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Does anyone know if the Duke will be visiting the London or South Eastern area in the forseeable future ? I have never yet seen it

 

Hi doe's anyone know why Thursday trip to Bristol been called off and if she will still be doing the Torbay Express next Sunday
please;

ALL THE BEST
jane

 

yeah just seen 71000 15 July preston-bristol has been canx.....grrrr not another tour!

no idea yet why it has been canx,
am on torbay express for the duke so fingers crossed its ok...

 

I think 71000 is still expected in Bristol for the TE.

 

That's great new's no.7 hope to see her on the sea wall if i can get the old man down there ;

all the best
jane.

 

Could it be lack of bookings £95 standard class seems expensive to me.

 

Rumour has it that the Duke is moving LE to BTL on Friday (although apparently the route and timings have not yet been confirmed), and will be based in Bristol until September, or at least until Tornado is back in service.

 

Apart from GBP 95 being a little bit heavy, could it be the old favourite "pathing constraints"? I note it is provisionally supposed to be leaving Preston at 06.30 on the web-site, and feel this may also have something to do with "low numbers". I don't think I'd rush to book a tour like this at this price, not having any idea whether the powers that be might ordain that the "only available pathway" leaves Preston at half past four....

And by the way, I note the tour is still being advertised on HF tours' web-site, which I don't think is very clever.

 

See 71000 website

http://www.71000trust.com/update090710.html

 

HF Website now showing as Site Under Maintenance and has been so all day. No wiser as to reason for tour being cancelled.

Dave B

 

Looks like the Duke will be attacking the Lickey now on 26th July. :cheer2:

Dave B

 

Hope this is not a bad sign for another rail tour operator. Market remains sensitive so I hope Haydn has not hit problems.

 

Reported on another site that trip cancelled due to low bookings; could it be that running 71000 from Preston was an attempt to drum up trade ?

 

The Cumbrian Coast trip on 3rd of July wasn't full and pax on that were offered a £25 discount for the Heart of England trip. I have seen a £30 discount offered on another site for the same trip.

Just hope Mr Fortune will run more trips in the future with better loadings.

Dave B

 

Timings are now up on uksteam.info

Lewis

 

Here's my video of her through Prees this afternoon;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAmQ_A2elr0

Lewis

 

she made a nice noise coming though man victoria this morning, hopefully made a few commuters days. Just would have been nice to have better weather, poor light from where I was for photos

 

Sweet. BR1 Tenders and Mk2 Coaches, surely off the same draughtsmans board...